Chris Brown’s Life Is Hard
Posted: December 2, 2009 Filed under: People, Pitts Indeed, Soap Box | Tags: cheating, chris brown, domestic abuse, elin woods, infidelity, rihanna, sex, tiger woods, twitter 2 Comments »
Christopher Brown, please take the time to shut you mouth about anything and everything related to possible domestic violence scenarios.
If you all aren’t aware, Breezy has taken exception with the Florida Highway Patrol closing the Tiger Woods case. He feels everything’s so “one-sided”.
I could maybe see how Chris felt he’s been done dirty until I recalled a few things he should take into consideration:
- The Unfair Breaks: Tiger was possibly beaten by his wife in their home and Tiger crashed his SUV on their property as a result of that possible beating. You definitely punched up your girlfriend in a rented Lamborghini on the street of a residential neighborhood.
- 911 was called by Tiger’s neighbors as a result of hearing a car crash and being asked by his wife to do so. 911 was called in your case because people heard a young woman screaming at the top of her lungs and the authorities on the scene found a perfectly intact Lamborghini with a lumped-up pop star inside.
- Tiger, like your girlfriend, has not and will not press charges. Since there’s the plausible (however unlikely) whole car crash scenario and since domestic violence laws being what they are, lots of times, cops have their hands tied when it comes to spousal abuse. You beat your girlfriend in a public place and fled the scene. Even if she wanted to sweep it under the rug–which she did–she was SOL, especially after the photo of your handiwork was leaked to the entire world.
- We know you (and Rihanna) haven’t been completely forthcoming on the matter. You have careers and such to think about so…we get it. You’re protecting each other in your own way. But if things are so unfair and one-sided, you should just come clean. You’ve had every opportunity to set the record straight. And though it may do you no good, if there was something crucial to know–like her laying hands on you first–you might want to mention that fact.
I know you want to feel like comrades-in-arms with Tiger and feel like some justice should be done with regard to the abuse he may have endured. You’re kinda right. Domestic violence laws should go both ways and I’ve long felt Rihanna’s physical part in your altercation has been under-investigated, but that’s where the trail goes absolutely cold.
He didn’t beat the hell out of his wife and then flee the scene. Ass.
The tone of utter disdain in this article is greatly appreciated. Many months have passed and people who were once upset have argued that people should let it go and let CB go on with his life.
As someone who isn’t overly invested in celebrity drama and who believes in practicing the art of forgiveness, I was ready to put this to the side; that is, until I read the affidavit and recognized how seriously he fucked her up and the focused intent with which he did it. I don’t think enough attention has been given to this matter and I would love to see his career destroyed because the reality is there are some mistakes from which you can’t come back and when you cross that line you deserve to be forever marked by your mistake.
Yo, I disagree with the conclusion reached in this post.
So Chris Brown has no basis for making the statement that a woman’s abuse of her husband/boyfriend/partner is just as important to uncover/investigate. Hypothetical situations aren’t always useful. But in this instance, I think it is fair to say that had Tiger so much as sneezed on Elin in his own defense, this entire scandal would be under discussion in an entirely different way. He’d be labled a wife-beater.
The impetus for both the Brown and Woods altercations (according to the media) was the same: Man was cheating and found out, Woman got pissed and attacked the man. The only difference was that in the Brown scenario: the Man was younger and not wise enough to maintain his self control, and so he fought back. That was all the media needed.
I feel like there are several points that are painfully unimportant:
What does it matter who called the police? Tiger was practically unconscious. Rihanna wasn’t. She could have called, but she probably wouldn’t have. Black people generally follow different rules when it comes to the police.
And the fact that Tiger won’t tell on his wife somehow means that we are actually to believe that he possibly beat himself with a golf club?
I don’t care about Tiger Woods or Elin or Rihanna or Chris. But it is a shame that nobody is willing to offer any defense for Chris despite the fact that that entire “investigation” was a circus. Sure I’m disappointed that Brown, as a young black man didn’t know better (or failed to act like he knew better), and yes, I do think he’s deserved a fair amount of the negative backlash he’s recieved. But still, there’s a line that both Rihanna and Elin crossed, if we’re being honest, and they did so at their own risk.